Why Aligning HR with Marketing is Critical with Neil Bedwell #32

Why Aligning HR with Marketing is Critical with Neil Bedwell #32 Nick Day is joined on The HR L&D Podcast sofa by Neil Bedwell, Founding Partner and President at LOCAL, a Change Marketing consultancy. Prior to starting LOCAL Neil led global digital marketing at Coca-Cola and ran the brand’s digital program for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Now, Neil and his team use consumer marketing techniques inside some of the world's biggest and best companies (including Capital One, Kaiser Permanente, South West Airlines, Chick-fil-A, P&G, UPS) to engage with and build belief amongst companies’ most valuable assets — their people. Neil knows that it is the companies that put People First that will survive and thrive post-pandemic which is why HR and Marketing need to be more aligned if businesses want to truly fuel future growth. Neil wants to inspire HR practitioners to think and work like marketers to build belief, fuel adoption, and create opportunities for all employees to become owners of change. Why? Because the future of work depends on it. Neil is a regular speaker, Forbes writer, and media guest, where he offers a transparent, engaging deep dive into current research, practical examples, and burning questions around the new space of Change Marketing that is disrupting and improving how HR and people leaders approach employee engagement, company culture, and the employee experience. In this “Why Aligning HR with Marketing is Critical” episode with Neil Bedwell on The HR L&D Podcast, we also explore: * In these times of turbulence and rapid change, focusing on employees is more critical, and more challenging, than ever before. Can you tell us more about why this harmony between Marketing and HR is so important? * The correlation between engaged employees and company performance is increasingly well documented (with some recent studies claiming that highly engaged employees outperform those with low engagement by 250%). So why do so many companies STILL treat their employees like an afterthought? * What is LOCAL's unique approach to this macro problem, and how did you land it? * What the biggest mistake most companies make when thinking about employee engagement? * Why do you think the future of work depends on HR and Marketing being closely aligned? * If I'm an HR leader listening to this, where should I start? * Something that has been disrupting how HR and people leaders approach employee engagement, company culture, and the employee experience – is Change Marketing - can you tell us more about this? * How can HR practitioners listening to this start to create opportunities for their employees to become owners of change? Links highlighted in this “Why Aligning HR with Marketing is Critical” episode are included below: Website: https://localindustries.com/ LinkedIn Profile: Neil Bedwell Articles: * Is Human Resources Your Next Profit Center? (Forbes) * Why Caring About Your Employees Matters More Than Engagement (Forbes) * How To Survive And Thrive In 'The Blender’ (Forbes)

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